For immediate release

 

 

Bernard Labadie, conductor

Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto

 

St. James United Church

 

C. W. von GLUCK Orfeo ed Euridice, overture

C. H. GRAUN “Del mio destin tiranno,” Montezuma

C. W. von GLUCK “Che faro senza Euridice,” Orfeo ed Euridice

C. W. von GLUCK “Dieux puissants que j'atteste… Jupiter lance la foudre,”

W. A. MOZART Mitridate, re di Ponto, (K. 87), overture

W. A. MOZART “Venga pur” Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K. 87

W. A. MOZART Ombra felice ! … Io ti lascio, K. 255, concert aria

F. J. HAYDN Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I/94, “Surprise Symphony”

F. J. HAYDN “Se non piange un’infelice,” L’Isola disabitata, Hob. XXVIII/9

F. J. HAYDN “Sudò il guerriero,” Il ritorno di Tobbia, Hob. XXI/1

 

Montréal, August 27, 2010 – To kick off the 2010–2011 season, Les Violons du Roy and music director Bernard Labadie will be reunited with contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux, a leading light among Québec’s musical figures whose each and every performance delivers moments of pure delight. For the occasion, she will interpret arias by Mozart, Haydn, and Gluck.

 

After winning the Queen Fabiola Prize (1st Prize) and the Special Lieder Prize in the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Music Competition in 2000, Marie-Nicole Lemieux quickly won the hearts of audiences around the world with her beautiful voice, remarkable presence, and great sincerity. She performs in operas, concerts, and recitals on the most prestigious stages in Europe and North America. This program will give the public the chance to appreciate every facet of this great contralto’s art. Among other selected arias, she will be performing “Che faro senza Euridice,” taken from Gluck’s Orfeo et Euridice, with its touchingly sober melody. She will also interpret arias by Mozart, including one taken from the opera Mitridate, rè di Ponto, written when the composer was only 14 years old.

 

The orchestral component of the evening will include the famous Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Haydn’s “Surprise Symphony,” which owes its nickname to the sudden loud chord that interrupts the otherwise delicate, tranquil variations on a theme in the second movement.

 

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